Cub Bullpen Has Another Wild Finish in 1-0 Loss
After Matt Morris and Carlos Zambrano matched zeros, the St. Louis Cardinals took advantage of the Chicago Cub bullpen again.
Scott Rolen capped a three-hit game by lining a bases-loaded single off Kyle Farnsworth in the 10th inning at St. Louis to give the Cardinals a 1-0 victory Sunday.
The Cardinals have won two of three in the four-game series, both thanks to wild Cub pitching. Mike Matheny drew a bases-loaded walk from LaTroy Hawkins in the ninth inning of a 4-3 victory Friday, one of four walks in that inning, and Farnsworth walked three in the 10th on Sunday.
“I’ll take that every time, to pitch like that, keep your team in the game and for us to pull it out at the end,” Morris said. “It’s a little more demoralizing to the opponent to win a close ballgame like that.”
Zambrano had a career-best 12 strikeouts for the Cubs, but reached 122 pitches after seven innings. Morris gave up four hits in nine scoreless innings for St. Louis.
“I felt good today and I couldn’t do anything about it,” Zambrano said. “No matter if it’s against Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson or whoever is up there, you have to do your job and give the team the opportunity to win, and that’s it.”
The Cubs had only two runners in scoring position all day against Morris and Jason Isringhausen (2-0), who gave up one hit in a scoreless 10th.
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New York 6, San Diego 2 -- Tom Glavine had a big game on the mound and at the plate in San Diego to help the Mets end the Padres’ winning streak at six.
Glavine (4-1) pitched six solid innings, drove in a run and reached base three times. Danny Garcia hit his first major league homer in the ninth for the Mets, who avoided a three-game sweep and completed a 3-6 trip.
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Philadelphia 6, Arizona 5 -- Ricky Ledee drew a bases-loaded walk with two out in the 14th inning at Philadelphia to give the Phillies the victory.
Ryan Madson (2-1) earned the victory with three innings in relief. He gave up one unearned run in the 14th and has not given up an earned run in 15 2/3 innings this year.
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Colorado 13, Atlanta 4 -- Luis Gonzalez hit a three-run homer and the Rockies took advantage of seven errors by the Braves -- including four by third baseman Mark DeRosa -- in a victory at Denver.
The Braves tied a franchise record with their seven errors, which included two by second baseman Marcus Giles and one by shortstop Jesse Garcia. The errors led to eight unearned runs by the Rockies.
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Pittsburgh 4, Milwaukee 3 -- Craig Wilson homered in the 11th inning and drove in three runs, and the Pirates won their sixth consecutive road game. Wilson, who also drove in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning Saturday, hit his sixth homer of the season off Jeff Bennett (1-1) leading off the inning.
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Houston 6, Cincinnati 5 -- Brad Ausmus’ suicide squeeze scored Lance Berkman and capped a three-run rally in the eighth inning at Houston.
The Astros trailed, 5-3, when they loaded the bases with no out in the eighth on consecutive singles by Jeff Bagwell, Jeff Kent and Berkman off Todd Jones. Pinch-hitter Mike Lamb followed with a two-run single before Ausmus’ bunt.
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San Francisco 9, Florida 8 -- Yorvit Torrealba doubled off the wall in left-center field to score Brian Dallimore and give the Giants the home victory in 11 innings.
Torrealba, a late replacement for catcher A.J. Pierzynski, who was scratched because of a sore shoulder, also hit his first grand slam and had five RBIs.